The information and booking platform Villach Air Terminal (VAT) went online at midnight! It marks the kick-off of our latest project! Connecting Villach: Villach Air Terminal is an infrastructure development initiative based on a Public-Private-Partnership and was initiated by our partner TMT The Mobile Terminal and ourselves in cooperation with the City of Villach in Austria, b.media webware GmbH, local transportation partners and seven partner airports, Klagenfurt (KLU), Ljubljana (LJU), Venice (VCE), Salzburg (SZG), Graz (GRZ), Triest (TRS) and Treviso (TSF). The project was created to gain practical insight into the activation of regional airports and the possibilities to connect small and medium-sized cities that do not have an own airport to the global transportation network. Also, it is meant to secure a sustainable growth of the local research, economic and tourism sectors.    ...more...

On 20 February Max Schintlmeister, Managing Director of Airport Excellence, lectures on the relationship between aeronautical and non-aeronautical activities at the "Airport Economics and Finance Symposium" at the University of Westminster.   ...more...

2011 rushed by at the speed of light and, honestly, we wear sackcloth and ashes for rather neglecting this blog. It has been quite a while since our last blog post. To make up for this and with this year drawing to a close, this blog post is meant to update you on the main projects of Airport Excellence during 2011.   ...more...

When I actually started Airport Excellence back in April 2007, the idea had already existed for years. So did the motivation for founding the company: my vision was and still is airports that reflect market demands not only of passengers and airlines but also of all the other stakeholders involved and the region surrounding an airport. Airports as great places of innovation. Airports driving the aviation and transport world. Nothing more, nothing less ...    ...more...